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Synonyms for chit

Most common

seedling tommy scrip tab

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Shoot — the embryonic growing bud of a plant

shoot, sprout, seedling

2. Scrip — A voucher or token coin used in payrolls under the truck system

scrip, tommy, chitty

3. Tab

check, tab

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The embryonic growing bud of a plant.

    Near-synonyms: shoot, sprout, seedling

  2. n. 2

    A voucher or token coin used in payrolls under the truck system.

  3. n. 3

    A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.

  4. n. 4

    A pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman.

Related words

Word family
chitty chime chive
Phrases
chit-chat chit fund

Forms

Plural
chits → shoots, sprouts, seedlings, scrips…

Example sentences

  • seedling At the foot of the palm tree there grows a palm seedling.
  • tommy Tommy did not want to run the risk of losing his job.
  • tab I can't edit this sentence; there's no edit tab.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
chitrising
seedlingfalling
tommysteady
scripfalling
tabrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
kid1, tab1
4 letters
brat1
5 letters
check1, child1, shoot1, tommy2, scrip1
6 letters
sprout1, chitty2
8 letters
seedling2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tommy2 = 2 syllables).